International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc

This course allows you to analyse the practices and behaviour of businesses within hospitality and tourism and provides the opportunity to specialise in an area of interest whether this be in innovation and entrepreneurship, hospitality and events, or place and destination management.

Why choose Northumbria to study International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc?

Newcastle Business School is accredited by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). According to AACSB, “Approximately 6% of the world's schools offering business degree education have achieved AACSB accreditation, demonstrating a commitment to high-quality, rigorous standards, innovation, and continuous process improvement”. Read more about our 'double' AACSB Accreditation.

Modules & Learning

Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods, including: lectures, case discussions, seminars, practical exercises, and workshop activities supported by tutor-led directed learning. The focus will be on your application of theory to ‘real life’ situations, critically analysing and making recommendations for appropriate ways forward.   

As this is a Masters course there is a major element of independent learning and self-motivated reflection. 

Our assessment strategy is based on our understanding that everyone has different needs, strengths and enthusiasms. Assessment is based on course work and our methods will include essays, reports, group work, presentations, and either the master’s dissertation, enterprise project or consultancy project. 

Entry Requirements

Standard Entry

Applicants should normally have:

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in any subject, or substantial experience of working in a business organisation.

International qualifications:

If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English language requirements:

International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

 *The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS.  You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications